Weekly Wrap Up For July 29th, 2022

On the latest episode of Moser On Manufacturing, Manufacturing Talk Radio host Lew Weiss and Reshoring Initiative founder Harry Moser discuss the latest trends in reshoring and their impact on the U.S. economy.


In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman reviews the latest look at global population trends from the United Nations. The 2022 report of the UN’s World Population Prospects presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries, underpinned by analysis of historical demographic data. Cliff explains why population trends matter for such critical things as the long-term economic outlook and the labor force. After overviewing the key findings from the U.N. report and discussing regional differences in such things as population growth rates and life expectancy, he concludes the episode by discussing the implications for manufacturing.


Lewis Black, CEO of Almonty Industries, discusses the importance of tungsten and the many products that are adversely impacted by the current supply chain disruptions of tungsten sources which are predominantly Russia and China.


Today’s guest is an IT project manager at Oro, a business that builds customer-driven, powerful, and connected open-source software for B2B digital transformation. She is also a woman and a Ukrainian refugee. In this episode, Kate Yanshyna joins us to discuss all that she’s been through and how the company culture at Oro has supported her throughout. Tuning in, you’ll hear how she came to work for Oro, how the company evacuated Ukrainian employees when the war broke out, and how much support Kate received from the management, her team, and her customers in the terrible situation she found herself in. She goes on to shed light on what it has been like for her to be a woman in IT, the growth in the number of female employees at Oro that she has witnessed over the years, and the continuing growth opportunities she sees for women in IT. You’ll also hear about the importance of digitalization and automation for the future of business and how Oro can help you future-proof your company. For all this, and so much more, tune in today!